Improvement in the manufacture of horseshoes



R. AUSTIN.

Manufacture of Horseshues.

No 148 916 Patented March 24,18@

UNITED STATES EEroEo RICHARD AUSTIN, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HGRSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,916, dated March:24, 1874; application filed January 24, 1874. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD AUSTIN, of Sing Sing, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in the Manufacture of IIorseshoes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the lettersandgures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a' representation of a bottom view of ahorseshoe, showing my device. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3is a sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to the manufacture of horseshoes; and itconsists in rst welding lugs of steel to the toe and heel por-4 tions ofa shoe; then, after allowing these lugs to cool gradually, iling them soas to leave transverse grooves terminating in sharp edges; and then, asa final process, tempering the calks, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following is a description of my invention:

In the annexed drawingsA designates a horseshoe of the well-known form,and B B B are the toe and heel calks. These calks I make of steel, andarrange them as shown iu Fig. l--that is to say, the calk is at rightaugles to the length of the shoe, and the heelcalks stand at an anglethereto.

I first weld to the sole of the shoe three ob long lugs or blanks, andallow them to cool slowly, so as to leave them soft and easily tiled. Ithen file grooves into them iu a direction with their length, and formsharp edges a a, with a deep groove between them. I nally temper thecalks, and thus render them hard and durable.

Galks thus constructed and applied to shoes will take a very rm holdinto ice or snow, and they are not liable to become detached under theroughest usage.

NVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The method herein described of iirst attaching the calks to the shoe bywelding; secondly, tiling the calks to the shape substantially as shownand described, and then tempering them, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD AUSTIN. Vitnesses HENRY C. NELSON, sAAc B. NoxoN.

